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Police officer arrested over alleged fundraising scam

A police officer has been arrested over an alleged fundraising scam involving more than 15 million yuan (2.2 million U.S. dollars) in east China's Zhejiang Province, the local police bureau said Wednesday. Tao Xuejun, the former deputy director of... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Feb 11 2009

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